He Blames His Mother
Carson was not shy about blaming his mother for his flaws. On the matter he said: “She’s the toughest son of a [expletive] of them all. There is no goddamn way to please that woman. She’s Lady Macbeth! My marriages failed because she [expletive] me up!” He even avoided her funeral when she died and merely stated: “The wicked witch is dead.”
He Blames His Mother
Her Attention Was Elsewhere
It was a known fact that Ruth Hook Carson, Johnny’s mother, always wanted a daughter. She first had two boys and then finally a daughter named Catherine. Apparently she focused all of her attention on Catherine and was much tougher on the boys. Her strictness led Johnny to want to rebel and he became a troublemaker in order to try to get her attention.
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Her Attention Was Elsewhere
